| Bangladeshi cricket team against Afghanistan in 2018 | |||
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| Afghanistan | Bangladesh | ||
| Dates | 1 – 7 June 2018 | ||
| Captains | Asghar Stanikzai | Shakib Al Hasan | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Afghanistan won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Samiullah Shinwari (118) | Mahmudullah (88) Mushfiqur Rahim (88) | |
| Most wickets | Rashid Khan (8) | Abu Jayed (3) | |
| Player of the series | Rashid Khan (Afg) | ||
TheBangladesh cricket team toured India to play threeTwenty20 Internationals (T20Is) against theAfghanistan cricket team inDehradun.[1]
Afghanistan won the first two matches of the series, therefore giving them an unassailable lead.[2] This gave them their first bilateral T20I series win against anotherTest team other thanZimbabwe.[3][4] Afghanistan went on to win the series 3–0.[5]
Originally the matches were scheduled to be played asOne Day Internationals (ODIs),[6] but theBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) agreed to change the fixtures to T20Is in preparation for the2020 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.[1] In May 2018, theAfghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed that all three matches will be played at theRajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.[7] These were the first international cricket matches to be played at the venue.[8]
Ahead of the T20Is, Bangladesh played a practice match againstAfghanistan A.[9]
Prior to this series, Afghanistan and Bangladesh had only played each other once before in a T20I, in the group stage of the2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, with Bangladesh winning by nine wickets.[10]
 Afghanistan[11] |  Bangladesh[12] |
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Ahead of the series,Mustafizur Rahman was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad due to injury.[13]Abul Hasan was named as his replacement.[14]Hazratullah Zazai was added to Afghanistan's squad ahead of the first T20I.[15]
1 June 2018 |
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Afghanistan A won by 8 wickets |
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Afghanistan won by 45 runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun Umpires:Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) andBismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match:Rashid Khan (Afg) |
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Afghanistan won by 6 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun Umpires:Izatullah Safi (Afg) andBismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match:Rashid Khan (Afg) |
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Afghanistan won by 1 run Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun Umpires:Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) andIzatullah Safi (Afg) Player of the match:Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) |